Fave Aussie Music

[facthunter]

Bloody HOT place sometimes at that time of year.. Nev

[red750]

Something came up on Facebook about Doug Parkinson, which reminded me of this one. I don't know if it was posted before.

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

I may have previously submitted this, but jeez this bloke is good:

 

[gareth lacey]

I met Richard Clapton in the lift at St Margarets Hospital in Sydney the day my twins were born ,he was there to see his newborn child, had a chat seems like a nice bloke , went to viewing area and had a chat about being a Dad to him (scond time around for me )he was a bit stunned at this this (his child) being ,so tiny ,,his music is always good to listen to.

 

[onetrack]

Yes, I second that, a great musician with some great hits. "Girls on the Avenue" is a favourite of mine.

[Jerry_Atrick]

He s one of my favourite musicians... This is may favourite song of his, but to be honest, most are so good, it is splitting hairs. Though, I can relate to this a bit from my consulting days where I travelled for months on end...

 

[ClintonB]

It's going to be a bit sad over the next decade when all of our good musicians are gone or can no longer perform. I don't think I could handle.going to a mumble rap show or other genres, that are bad now for old times sake. 

 

[Marty_d]

There are heaps of good musicians out now.  Whatever bands you love from the past, there'd be people doing the same genres now (and in some cases doing them better).

 

I'm the same - stuck in the 80's and 90's, love Metallica / Guns & Roses / AC/DC / Led Zeppelin etc etc... but have heard some ripper covers.
Five Finger Death Punch are a modern-ish fave, their version of "House of the Rising Sun" is fantastic.

[randomx]

Nick Cave, an absolute national treasure.

But ofc silly old Aussies just ignore him while the rest of the world is in awe .

Tash Sultana will be another the same sadly. This girl has so much talent feel and passion , but she's not even on the radio here. But as usual the rest of the world are just wth , she's incredible and rave about her as anyone with half a brain would on sight. like her or not wouldn't matter no denying the mind blowing talent. Grew up on Bowie, Alice Cooper, saw both a few times.

 

Same Marty , saw Gunners twice and acdc, saw them at school once too before they were famous but to this day, whata band. Chilli Peppers a fav.

l 2nd Girls on the Avenue, fantastic song and much of his others. Never actually owned one of his records though probably not what l'd buy as such but a huge talent nonetheless.

Edited yesterday at 02:03 AM by randomx

[Litespeed]

Check out 'Post Modern Jukebox on the tubes.

 

Awesome renditions of great music.

Huge talent.

[onetrack]

We went to a Post Modern Jukebox stage show at the Astor Theatre in Perth about 18 mths ago. They put on quite a show, but I prefer the original golden oldies.

 

SWMBO loved them, she was the one who saw the show, and booked the tickets.

[randomx]

 

Midnight Oil , how could l have forgotten them.

Stevie Wright - Eve , if l spelt that right. Growing up there was some incredible stuff out there in Aussie music , such a shame it's all forgotten. Can't believe it sometimes. Later on the Cruel Sea, so many more.

l dunno wth was happening in the world music wise say through the 70s. UK going off with led Zeplin , Sabbath, think Bowie was starting out through that period, not sure where the Beatles were in that think they came earlier but l mean what a decade or two. But l reckon some of the best Aussie stuff and bands were around growing up too that you never hear of these days sadly.

 

l wonder if there'll even be another decade in music like that.

Edited 1 hour ago by randomx

[onetrack]

The 60's were the best decade for rock/n/roll. Sept 1963, we heard the first Beatles song on the old AM radio - "From Me to You" (she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah) - and before that, we were listening to Del Shannon, the Beach Boys, Col Joye and the Joye Boys, Cliff Richards and the Shadows, Johnny Tillotson - and a lot of even earlier 1950's American rock/n/roll-C&W (Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, the Four Tops, Buddy Holly, Patsy Cline - and Elvis, of course!) 

 

Once the Beatles started hitting the airwaves, by early 1964, their songs were on the radio every day, and their new songs just kept on coming. They came to Australia in June 1964 and the teenage hysteria, especially amongst the girls, was something that stunned the older folk and brought great disapproval from them.

But there was no looking back, and the rock/n/roll bands and individual singers just kept on coming, with some of the greatest rock/n/roll songs ever. The Rolling Stones appeared at the same time as the Beatles, and it was a rock/n/roll feast!

 

I turned 17 in May 1966, and nothing brings fonder memories than roaring around in my '64 EH Holden ute, with the "big" 179 cu in engine, and playing all those great rock/n/roll songs on the radio, while we tried out our best pickup lines on girls!

 

Edited 54 minutes ago by onetrack

[pmccarthy]

I has a weekly two hour commute in the school bus in 64. Luckily it has had radio speakers so I heard all the new Beatles tracks as they came out.

[red750]

There was a Melbourne group who only had a couple of successful songs, The Loved Ones, with Gerry Humphrys as lead singer. Their biggest hit, The Loved One, got to No 6, was also recorded by INXS on their Kick album. Other songs included Ever Lovin' Man and Blueberry Hill.

 

There was also an American punk band called The Loved Ones.